(1) First Medals are taken

The Straight Pool Competition is just finished. In the Juniors Division the German Brian Naithani came in on the first place by beating Nikis Ikonomopoulos from Greece with 125:56 in 8 innings.

In the Pupils Division we had exactly the same final than last year. Eric Weiselius from Sweden met Karol Skowerski from Poland and beat him 100:63.

Bronce in Juniors went to Sascha Ertl from Austria and Christian Weigoni from Germany and in Pupils to Daniel Soeder from Sweden and Kjetil Frediksen from Norway.

(2) First Gold in History for Hungary

Vilmos Foeldes took the first Gold Medal for Hungary in the history of the EPBF. In the 8-Ball final Pupils division he bested Erik Weiselius from Sweden 8:7. Bronce went twice to Poland: Hubert Lopotko and Tomasz Kaplan.

 In the Juniors Division the crowd saw a very well playing Dimitri Jungo from Switzerland, who after 12 hours playing was not able to beat his opponent Nikos Ikomopoulos from Greece. The Greece won 9:6. On the third place John Vassalos from Greece and Brian Naithani from Germany.

In Girls Division the old champion is also the new champion. Jasmin Ouschan from Austria won with 8:4 against Veronika Hubertova from Czechia. Anna-Maria Pint from Germany Sabrina Fritz, also from Germany, came in on the third place.

(3) Foeldes and Ouschan two times champion

Jasmine Ouschan from Austria and Vilmos Foeldes became the most successful players so far. Both won their second gold. Foelmes won over Karol Skowerski from Poland with 10:6 and Ouschan was very lucky by her 10:9 victory over Sabrina Fritz from Germany. Bronce went to Andrea Di Mattia from Italy, who lost in the semi-final against Foelmes and Philip Ruethemann from Germany. In the girls division Jennifer Carpentras from France and Tessa van Bemmel get Bronce.

The Juniors final was a clear thing for John Vassalos from Greece. His opponent Martin Larsen from Denmark did not get a real chance at all and Vassalos won with 11:2. In the semi-final he had hard to fight against Dimitri Jungo from Switzerland. Vassalos was 7:9 back, then his break came better and he won 11:9. A bit easier was the victory for the Danish. He won 11:4 against Steevens Morgo from France.

By Juergen Hanel